Definition of Hulking

1. Adjective. Of great size and bulk. "Three hulking battleships"

Exact synonyms: Hulky
Similar to: Big, Large
Derivative terms: Hulk

Definition of Hulking

1. a. Bulky; unwiedly.

Definition of Hulking

1. Adjective. Large and bulky. ¹

2. Adjective. ''(man)'' Tall and heavily built. ¹

3. Adjective. Unwieldy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hulking

1. hulk [v] - See also: hulk

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hulking

hula hooped
hula hooper
hula hoopers
hula hooping
hula hoops
hulan
hulas
hulch
hulches
hule
hules
hulk
hulked
hulkier
hulkiest
hulking (current term)
hulkingly
hulks
hulky
hull
hull-down
hull-loss accident
hull-up
hull breach
hull splash
hullaballoo
hullabaloo
hullabaloos
hulled
huller

Literary usage of Hulking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1867)
"Another, a great hulking fellow, with а villanous cast of countenance, exhibited his leg with a horrible running sore artistically got up for the occasion ..."

2. The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer by George Tomkyns Chesney (1871)
"... Gewiss," grunted a hulking lout from the floor, leaning on his elbow, and sending out a cloud of smoke from his ugly jaws ; " und da sind hier etwa gute ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Clumsy, unwieldy, with a sense of 'lazy'; as ' A great hulking fellow.' Common. Hulks, .>•/>. A'hulking' fellow. 'Keep off me, you great hulks.' Hulky, adj. ..."

4. Cases Decided in the Court of Session by Scotland Court of Session, Patrick Shaw, Scotland, Court of Session (1829)
"... and the hulking-master's mark put thereon; and none are to be entered in the hulking-master's books until safely landed;" and on examining the ..."

5. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"Clumsy, unwieldy, with a sense of 'lazy'; as ' A great hulking fellow.' Common. ... A ' hulking ' fellow. ' Keep off me, you great hulks.' Hulky, adj. ..."

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